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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4: From the Deserts They Come.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the settlers allocate land?
(a) The land is bought off the Aboriginals.
(b) They are allowed to choose land wherever they want.
(c) Each person is given a grant of land by the English government.
(d) The Aboriginals decide.

2. What do the Aboriginals have to do to survive?
(a) Declare war on England.
(b) Become Christian.
(c) Become servants to white men and women.
(d) Run away into the desert.

3. When did the first European settlers arrive in Western Australia?
(a) 1829.
(b) 1670.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1896.

4. How does Captain Fremantle try to communicate when he realizes they don't understand him?
(a) He writes it down instead.
(b) He draws pictures in the sand.
(c) He gets a translator.
(d) He tries to use sign language.

5. What does Captain Fremantle name the area?
(a) Western Australia.
(b) New England.
(c) Northern Australia.
(d) Perth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Mardudjara?

2. Why can't Bidgup and Meedo use their usual hunting trails?

3. How many wives does Kundilla have?

4. The Aboriginals at first believed that the white men were 'gengas.' What are gengas?

5. Why do the clans gather to set fire to areas of the brush?

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